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Name:
Fredrik
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Age:
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Joined:
Jun 9, 2006
Latest Activity:
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About Me:
I like all kinds of music, and I play all kinds of music too. But I have a particular interest in Swedish folk music and the musical instruments (especially the older ones) associated with that culture. Lately I've been immersing myself in the art of composing for film.
Well, I think it's time to introduce the instruments I play (sorted by region or country):
SWEDEN:
Swedish bagpipes
Octave mandolin
Bone flute (replica of a Swedish dark-ages flute)
Groddalira (hurdy-gurdy model from Gotland)
Härjedalspipa (herding flute)
Skalmeja (shawm)
Spilåpipa (herding flute)
Jews harp
Kohorn (cowhorn)
Ocarina
Bowed harp (stråkharpa/tagelharpa)
Harmonica
Näverlur (wooden lur)
AFRICA:
Thumb piano
RUSSIA:
Balalaika (unfortunately I don't own one, but I have played one at a couple of concerts in Sweden)
USA:
Native American Flute
Anasazi Flute
Cajun Accordion
MIDDLE EAST:
Baglama saz (Turkey)
Cumbus (Turkey)
CHINA:
Erhu
Hulusi
AUSTRALIA:
Didgeridoo
IRELAND:
Tin whistle
Low whistle
HAWAII:
Ukulele
NORWAY:
Sälgflöjt (Willow flute. Type of overtone flute with only one finger hole. Also found in Sweden.)
OTHER INSTRUMENTS I PLAY:
Guitars (6 and 12 string, nylon string and electric, all usually with weird tunings)
Melodica
Piano
Bass
Recorder
Mandolin
Tambourine
Trust me folks, after a couple of instruments it gets easier and easier to translate between them. I mostly use them for expressing my own compositions, moods or as a certain type of sound.
SPECS FOR MY HOME STUDIO:
Dual AMD Opterton 280 dual core 2,4GHz and 6 Gb RAM (Dual monitors)
Cubase 4
HALion 3.1
Sound Forge 8 Bundle
EWQL Complete Composers Collection: (RA, Gypsy, Silk, Symphonic Choirs, Stormdrum 2 Bundle, Pianos Gold, Symphonic Orchestra Gold)
Camel Audio Alchemy Player (Luftrum Ambient and Atmospheric Libraries)
Mackie 1642 VZL Pro
AlphaTrack (control surface)
Nanokorg (MIDI controller)
API 500-6b Lunchbox (with Great River MP500-NV)
Rode NT2000
Behringer EX3200 Ultrafex
KRK RP8 Rokit
KRK RP5 Rokit (only 1 for mono listening)
M-Audio Oxygen61
Rocktron Banshee (talk box)
Shure SM57
M-Audio Delta 1010
Roland XV-5050
Korg TR Rack
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Influences:
Everything that inspires!
Hometown:
Uppsala, Sweden (a great little city just 45 min north of Stockholm)
Country:
United States
Occupation:
Musician and creative in general
Companies:
Me Casa Es Su Casa (well, it's not a company, but I like the saying)
Interests:
Life, Music, Books, in that order...LOL!
Movies:
The best movies and shows are usually the ones where you don't have any expectations. And then, BOOM you hear or see something that will floor you.
Music:
To much to even mention here!
Books:
Oh my! Sooooooo many! Well, here are a couple that have meant a lot to me. GÖRAN GRIP: Allting finns (Everything exists). Unfortunately never translated to another laungage. Which is very sad because it's the best book I've ever come across. CARLOS CASTANEDA: Journey to Ixtlan and Tales of Power. The whole series of books are cool. But these two stand superior to the rest of them. STELLAN SJÖDEN: Hjärnan, Männikan och Kulturen (The Brain, the Man and the Culture) Not translated.
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Hope all is well with you, looking forward to your next video.
If it wouldn't be too much trouble, do you think you could aid a 16-year-old folk musician on his quest of building a talharpa? Do you have any plans for building one or at least a material list?
Tack så mycket,
Jaska
U've got a great channel..I subbed u ;-)
Plz have a look at mine and subbed..
Greetings from Indonesia
Hendy
Keep up!
Greetings my friend:)
Nur